W124 radio adapters

[smeeeee]

Hi All,

Only me, just wondered if any of you knew of any suppliers of connection kits to adapt from the standard MB radio connector to other manufacturers (Alpine). I know Halfrauds sell things like this but I imagine they are unlikely to stock something for the W124 I would guess.

Any help greatly appreciated

 

[Gollom]

Unless I was just lucky on Mrs. Golloms transport, the unit plugged straight in

 

[gurpz]

Well at the very most the wirring loom that will come with your new Alpine unit you could hardwire it to the old connnection OR if your current connection is ISO ready which it should then you dont need anything, all new alpine units are ISO ready

 

[smeeeee]

blimey,

ISO ready? Standards? surely not

So the wiring in a W124 is standard ISO already? That's goiod news

Thanks

 

[gurpz]

It should be but that said you should pull your current unit out to check. A picture of ure current stock radio would make things easier ?

 

[smeeeee]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for now then, as it is at w124works for the week.

It currently has a Sony unit in but I am hoping that the previous owner didn't just splice it into place.

Do you have any recommendations for the front dash speakers b.t.w?

tahverymuch

 

[LastMinute]

W124 radio wiring does not use ISO connectors. I just cut the custom connectors off and used an ISO to bare wire adaptor to hook up my Philips head unit.

 

[gurpz]

Sony head unit in that case i can say that it will most probably be ISO which is what you want. As for speakers id recomend Alpine since you will be going for an Alpine head unit. If you can get the measurements of your current ones i can help you out with which are ideal for your car

 

[LastMinute]

If you're up this way to pick up your car from the Works then CPC is usually cheaper than Halfords for bits. For example, an ISO to bare lead adaptor is £2.47 at CPC and £13.49 at Halfords.

 

[smeeeee]

Sony head unit in that case i can say that it will most probably be ISO which is what you want. As for speakers id recomend Alpine since you will be going for an Alpine head unit. If you can get the measurements of your current ones i can help you out with which are ideal for your car

thanks,

The front ones are the standard grotty dash units, which I think are 120cm (edit - sorry, I meant 120mm!!), but I need to get the car back and take 'em out to check how they fit in I think.

The rears look like 6.5 inchers to my naked eye, mounted on the estate door! I will probably not use this position as it's probably going to sound better in the rear doors.

Do you rate Alpine speakers then?

tahverymuch

 

[Shude]

I thought that facelift W124s were ISO and pre-facelift were not.

I discovered this when I did some investigation into a forum member's car and found that some idiot had cut off the factory plugs and wired up the headunit (incorrectly) to fit another headunit. This means that not even the vehicle-specific adapter kit would have helped! I was going to re-wire the thing but he ended up selling the car.

 

[LastMinute]

Shude may well be right. Mine (without ISO connectors) is pre-facelift, and I haven't got that intimate with a post-facelift W124 yet...

 

[gurpz]

thanks,

Do you rate Alpine speakers then?

tahverymuch

Ye a friend of mine has used them there pretty strong going, other than Alpine Pioneer are good

 

[Howard]

Got Infinity Reference 11 cm in the front of mine ..... had to drill new holes , but other than that they slotted straight in , sound amazing .....

 

[smeeeee]

dash speakers

Just thought I'd post that I found a site that sells the Rainbow custom fitment dash speakers in the UK;

http://www.raysmith.co.uk/Fitting-Solutions/Your-Car/Mercedes/IQ-231182/

as they are quite pricey, I'll wait until I get my car before deciding whether to order them (I haven't used this site before).

Cheers

 

[Ian B Walker]

I haven't got that intimate with a post-facelift W124 yet...

Friday would be a good day if you are not busy

 

[jasohal]

I replaced the standard pioneers with Rainbow's from Raysmith - sounded much better and you could def see the difference in quality and feel.

Best thing is they fit straight in and even have the same spring clips to secure the speakers just like the originals..

 

[grober]

Heres how to do the fronts http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/W124Stereo
and Bosch Blaupunkt do a direct replacement http://www.blaupunkt.com/uk/7606102008_main.asp
I ended up buying them from my local MB dealer they were the Blaupunkt ones cheap and cheerfull but guaranteed to fit!